#237B72#237B72

#237B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.082 H 185.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237B72
RGB	rgb(35, 123, 114)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, -27.68, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 27.80, 185.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.97% -0.0818 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(52.97% 0.082 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8119, 15.7369, 18.3840)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237B72 #7B232C

analogous

#237B46 #237B72 #23587B

triadic

#237B72 #72237B #7B7223

tetradic

#237B72 #46237B #7B232C #587B23

square

#237B72 #46237B #7B232C #587B23

split-complementary

#237B72 #7B2358 #7B4623

monochromatic

#081C1A #154B46 #237B72 #31AB9E #4CCCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#237B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#237B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237B72

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237B72	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 123, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.082 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca19a',
    500: '#237b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237b72;
$custom-light: #6ca19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.864,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52974,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237B72

secondary

#AE4C56

accent

#4958DF

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF3F2

border

#C7CDCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237B72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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